Museums & Libraries

A black and white photo of the front exterior of the Gorgas House Museum

UA Museums to Host 3 Halloween Events

UA Museums is set to host three mysterious and spooky events that are free and for all ages.

The Saban crab fossil

Meet the Saban Crab: UA Scientists Discover Ancient Species in Alabama

A new UA study of 65-million-year-old crab and shrimp fossils from central Alabama yielded multiple species and genera new to science.

An exhibitor sewing material at a previous festival

Moundville Native American Festival Celebrates ‘Year of the Hawk’

Moundville Archaeological Park will celebrate the cultures and histories of Native Americans at this annual festival. 

UA students in long pants and work gloves dig and brush away dirt at the archaeological field school on the University of Alabama campus.

Digging Deep: UA Students Unearth Campus History

Students are excavating a section of a pre-Civil War dormitory as part of an archaeological field school on The University of Alabama campus.

A woman showing a child a fossil who is coloring

Crocodilians Subject of Alabama Fossil Fest

Crocodilians will be the theme of Alabama Fossil Fest Sept. 20 from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

A child's hand, wrinkled from being in the water, holds out a tiny fossilized shark tooth about 1 cm long.

Bringing Science to the People and the People to Science

The UA summer fossil expeditions are one way the UA community can engage with world class natural history research collections.

A man flint knapping an arrowhead

UA Moundville Archaeological Park Hosts Annual Toolmaker Event

The annual Knap-In will feature some of the best toolmakers and flint knappers.

The Gorgas House Museum decorated for the holidays

Celebrate the Holidays with Free UA Museums Events

UA Museums invites visitors to enjoy the holidays with free events at three of its museums.

Smith Hall

Haunting at the Museum Explores Creepy Cryptids, Fantastic Fossils

UA Museums will host Haunting at the Museum, a free, family-friendly and all-ages event held at both the Alabama Museum of Natural History and Gorgas House Museum.

The front exterior of the Gorgas House Museum

Gorgas House Museum, Jemison Mansion Collaborate for Halloween Event

Visitors will tour Tuscaloosa’s historic homes and learn about the sociocultural expectations and practices of mourning and grieving after the Civil War and greater Victorian Era.